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Click here to subscribeA striking large-scale acrylic on canvas painting featuring an abstract expressionist composition with dynamic brushstrokes and a neutral-toned palette. This contemporary piece is framed and designed to complement a variety of interior styles, making it a perfect statement piece for modern spaces. Measures 31.5"L x 59.75"H.Issued: c. 1980Dimensions: See DescriptionCondition: Age related wear.
Delightful original acrylic on canvas painting by British artist Joyce Roybal of two angels made with glossy reliefs of textured and smooth paint. Signature on lower right: J. Roybal. Housed in a gilt and beige wooden frame with a linen mat. Artwork dimensions: 23.50"L x 19.50"H. Frame dimensions: 30.25"L x 26"H x 1.75"W.Artist: Joyce Roybal (British b. 1955)Issued: c. 1990Dimensions: See DescriptionCountry of Origin: EnglandCondition: Age related wear.
British, b. 1964Spin Painting, Requiem at the Pinchuk Art Centre, Ukraine, 2009Stamped with artist's studio insignia and signature on the versoAcrylic on paper20 1/2 x 20 1/2 inches (52 x 52cm)UnframedProvenance:Pinchuk Art Centre, UkrainePrivate Collection, New YorkOverall in excellent condition. Slight variation of color tones and undulation to the paper visible, inherent to the medium and the process used to create the work.Overall in excellent condition. Slight variation of color tones and undulation to the paper visible, inherent to the medium and the process used to create the work.Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact and our Organization shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. Please contact the specialist department to request further information or additional images that may be available.Request a condition report
Damien Hirst (b. 1965) - Gun Spin painting, 2009, acrylic on die-cut wove paper, with ink-stamp signature on the reverse and blindstamp of the artist, pub. Pinchuk Art Centre, Ukraine 2009, 39.5 x 52 cm, 54 x 67 cm including frame Prov: Created to celebrate the opening of the Damien Hirst Requiem at the Pinchuk Art Centre 25-26 April 2009 ARR applicable
NICK HOLMES (BRITISH 1944) 'LIFE CLASS', an interpretation of a classroom biology poster overlaid with childlike portraits of children, signed and dated June 2004 verso with artists explanation of the painting and its history verso, acrylic on canvas, approximate size 127cm x 96cm, Condition Report: good condition
oil on board, signed framed and under glass image size 29cm x 24cm, overall size 42cm x 38cm Note: Caroline was born in London in 1952 and due to European family connections, spent much of her childhood in France & Belgium. She studied at High Wycombe College of Art and Design, where she specialised in painting, sculpture & pottery. She has been living and working in Scotland since 1974 with frequent trips back to the Provence of her childhood. In the tradition of the Scottish Colourists, the quality of light and the vibrant colours of the Mediterranean are found in all her work, be it still life or landscape, Scottish or Mediterranean. There is a resulting peace and serenity to her work. She has exhibited at galleries in London, Munich, Scotland, and was voted ?Public Favourite? at the Edinburgh Festival. She also has collections in the UK, France, Portugal, the USA & Mcgrigor Donald in Glasgow. Recent acrylic paintings by Caroline Leburn we have offered include "Pres De La Mer" a 36 x 36cm picture which sold for œ440 (hammer) - lot 719, 3rd March 2019 and "Haute Provence" a 40 x 50cm picture which sold for œ650 (hammer) - lot 511, 28th Feb 2021.
acrylic on linen, signed, titled label verso framed image size 60cm x 60cm, overall size 81cm x 81cm Label verso: Wilson Davis Fine Art, Bridge of Weir Note: I graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1984 and have been painting, teaching and travelling ever since. In both my landscape and still life paintings I try to demonstrate a delicate compositional balance of physical shape and negative space. I attempt to create compositions that develop through layers of brushwork, drawing and collage, as they move between abstract and representational marks. Pattern and collage are very important elements, as I try to incorporate textures and mark making as prominent features. I have continued to be inspired by the shapes and textures within landscape and still life compositions but only as a starting point. I look for shapes both within the object but also in the negative space and allow the drawn mark or brush stroke to dictate what happens next. Paul Murray exhibits his work all over the country from London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, the Cotswolds, Bath and Cornwall, as well as locally at Crow Cottage Arts in Gourock.
R.G. Finney (Wyoming, B. 1941)"Serval / All Ears"Acrylic on Canvas. Signed lower right.Original illustration painting. Award-winning artist R.G. Finney is acclaimed for his incredibly detailed, sensitive and accurate portrayals of wildlife. (B14884)Image Size: 17.75 x 17.75 in.Canvas Size: 21.75 x 21 in.Unstretched.- Can be rolled for shipping purposes.
R.G. Finney (Wyoming, B. 1941)"Lion Family At Rest"Signed lower middle. Original Acrylic painting on Wood.Provenance: Collection of James A. Helzer (1946-2008), Founder of Unicover Corporation.This painting was originally published on the Fleetwood Porcelain Plate for The Endangered Kingdom Collection Pride of the Savanna.A family of Lions lazes in the summer heat, recovering from the excesses of a full meal. While the female keeps a watchful eye, a cub wrestles with its father, a practice that teaches the skills needed to survive and eventually be recognized as the "king of beasts." It is not by chance that a group of Lions is called a "pride." For centuries, man has considered the Lion one of nature's most awesome and dangerous creations. Whether as mascot or adversary, the Lion has often been linked with courage. Over 3,000 years ago, the Egyptian Pharoah Amenhotep III hunted Lions with a bow and arrow from his chariot to prove his courage. As recently as the last few centuries, warriors of the Masai tribe in East Africa hunted Lions on foot. The first to grab the Lion's tail was the most courageous.Overall Size: 18 x 18 in.Unframed.(B14745)
R.G. Finney (Wyoming, B. 1941)"Black Panther"Acrylic on Canvas. Signed lower right.Original illustration painting. Award-winning artist R.G. Finney is acclaimed for his incredibly detailed, sensitive and accurate portrayals of wildlife. (B14825)Image Size: 17.75 x 18 in.Canvas Size: 20.75 x 20.75 in.Unstretched.- Can be rolled for shipping purposes.
R.G. Finney (Wyoming, B. 1941)"White Clouded Leopard / Natural Bridge"Acrylic on Canvas. Signed lower right.Original illustration painting. Award-winning artist R.G. Finney is acclaimed for his incredibly detailed, sensitive and accurate portrayals of wildlife. (B14860)Image Size: 17.75 x 17.75 in.Canvas Size: 21.5 x 21.25 in.Unstretched.- Can be rolled for shipping purposes.
A mixed lot of pictures and art pottery and glass to include Sandra Bright - Scarecrow II (Midwinter Night's Dance), charcoal and acrylic, unsigned, labels to verso, 22 x 22cms; Peter McDermott - Switch - a mid-century abstract print, signed and titled by the artist in pencil to lower margin, 51 x 30cms, framed; William Callis Roffe (1817-1902) - "The Morning Call", after a painting by Charles Burton Barber (1845-1894) - an engraving; a mid-century shell art diorama depicting a peacock against an orange background; Poole pottery, and a Kosta Boda Swedish horse ornament, and other items.Location: G2If there is no condition report shown, please request
Hashim Mruta Bushier (Tanzanian 1942-1998) Zebra and birds perched in tree, Tingatinga school, acrylic on board, signed lower left 60.6cm x 61.9cmNote on the artist: Hashim Mruta had retired from the force as a policeman when Edward Saidi Tingatinga (1932-72), founder of the Tingatinga art school, started painting at the Morogoro Stores. Since Tingatinga already had five students and refused to take any more, Mruta was only allowed to watch the others painting and had to practice on his own at home. After Tingatinga's death, Mruta went on to become one of the founding members of the Tingatinga partnership and later a member of the Tingatinga Arts Cooperative Society (TACS) where he stayed until is death.Provenance: private collection, the vendor lived and worked in Tanzania in the early 1980's, and acquired the items between 1980 -1984. The art was either commissioned or purchased in Dar es Salaam from various artists in the Tinga Tinga collective. Today many of those artists they knew, proteges of Edward Tingatinga have passed away.
Hashim Mruta Bushier (Tanzanian 1942-1998) Elephant and birds perched in tree, Tingatinga school, acrylic on board, signed lower right 61.1cm x 61.8cmNote on the artist: Hashim Mruta had retired from the force as a policeman when Edward Saidi Tingatinga (1932-72), founder of the Tingatinga art school, started painting at the Morogoro Stores. Since Tingatinga already had five students and refused to take any more, Mruta was only allowed to watch the others painting and had to practice on his own at home. After Tingatinga's death, Mruta went on to become one of the founding members of the Tingatinga partnership and later a member of the Tingatinga Arts Cooperative Society (TACS) where he stayed until is death.Provenance: private collection, the vendor lived and worked in Tanzania in the early 1980's, and acquired the items between 1980 -1984. The art was either commissioned or purchased in Dar es Salaam from various artists in the Tinga Tinga collective. Today many of those artists they knew, proteges of Edward Tingatinga have passed away.
ARR Donna Crawshaw (b.1960) At Ease, showing a Horse in a stable with sheepdog and chickens, signed lower left, acrylic on canvas, 30 x 40 cm, frame 48 x 60 cmLabel verso for Country Fine Arts Condition:The painting is an oil on canvas, framed without glazing. The canvas is free from obvious damage, holes or tears - there is some loss of tension to the canvas. The paint surface appears well preserved and stable - no obvious paint loss or deterioration. The frame appears in good order, joints are sound
Hashim Mruta Bushier (Tanzanian 1942-1998) Animals lying in the tree shade, a pair, Tingatinga school, acrylic on board with wooden frames, signed lower left (2) 61.2cm x 47.8cmNote on the artist: Hashim Mruta had retired from the force as a policeman when Edward Saidi Tingatinga (1932-72), founder of the Tingatinga art school, started painting at the Morogoro Stores. Since Tingatinga already had five students and refused to take any more, Mruta was only allowed to watch the others painting and had to practice on his own at home. After Tingatinga's death, Mruta went on to become one of the founding members of the Tingatinga partnership and later a member of the Tingatinga Arts Cooperative Society (TACS) where he stayed until is death.Provenance: private collection, the vendor lived and worked in Tanzania in the early 1980's, and acquired the items between 1980 -1984. The art was either commissioned or purchased in Dar es Salaam from various artists in the Tinga Tinga collective. Today many of those artists they knew, proteges of Edward Tingatinga have passed away.
Hashim Mruta Bushier (Tanzanian 1942-1998) Peacocks in a tree, Tingatinga school, acrylic on board, wooden black frame, signed lower left 59.5cm x 30.7cmNote on the artist: Hashim Mruta had retired from the force as a policeman when Edward Saidi Tingatinga (1932-72), founder of the Tingatinga art school, started painting at the Morogoro Stores. Since Tingatinga already had five students and refused to take any more, Mruta was only allowed to watch the others painting and had to practice on his own at home. After Tingatinga's death, Mruta went on to become one of the founding members of the Tingatinga partnership and later a member of the Tingatinga Arts Cooperative Society (TACS) where he stayed until is death.Provenance: private collection, the vendor lived and worked in Tanzania in the early 1980's, and acquired the items between 1980 -1984. The art was either commissioned or purchased in Dar es Salaam from various artists in the Tinga Tinga collective. Today many of those artists they knew, proteges of Edward Tingatinga have passed away.
Hashim Mruta Bushier (Tanzanian 1942-1998) Two panthers, Tingatinga school, acrylic on board with wooden frame, signed lower left 61.6cm x 61.3cmNote on the artist: Hashim Mruta had retired from the force as a policeman when Edward Saidi Tingatinga (1932-72), founder of the Tingatinga art school, started painting at the Morogoro Stores. Since Tingatinga already had five students and refused to take any more, Mruta was only allowed to watch the others painting and had to practice on his own at home. After Tingatinga's death, Mruta went on to become one of the founding members of the Tingatinga partnership and later a member of the Tingatinga Arts Cooperative Society (TACS) where he stayed until is death.Provenance: private collection, the vendor lived and worked in Tanzania in the early 1980's, and acquired the items between 1980 -1984. The art was either commissioned or purchased in Dar es Salaam from various artists in the Tinga Tinga collective. Today many of those artists they knew, proteges of Edward Tingatinga have passed away.
ADAM MILLEN (BRITISH CONTEMPORARY), 'ACROSS THE RIVER', an industrial landscape of winding gear at a coal mine, signed bottom right, titled verso, acrylic on board, framed, approximately 60cm x 60cm, frame size 80cm x 80cm, Condition Report: some damage to the surface of the painting and to the frame
Aneilus Anders Acrylic on Canvas Painting. This vibrant work captures the dynamic energy and cultural expression often associated with Haitian art. Richly detailed with intricate patterns and bold colors, the piece features a central figure surrounded by lush, stylized foliage, reflecting a deep connection to the natural world. Signed by Aneilus Anders in the lower corner. Approx. 16"L x 20"H including the frame.Dimensions: See DescriptionCondition: Age related wear.
Vibrant folk art painting by Amos, depicting a stylized figure with raised whip riding in a wagon drawn by a spotted animal under a dynamic night sky. Executed in bold, earthy tones with red highlights and accented by a deeply carved wooden frame with red-painted scroll motifs at each corner. Signed Amos lower right. Acrylic on wood panel. Light surface wear and craquelure consistent with age; no visible repairs.Artist: Emma Amos (American, 1937 - 2020)Issued: 20th centuryDimensions: 18"L x 15"HCondition: Age related wear.
Original painting depicting a white eagle on a green background signed Behon LaPrairie entitled Bald Birchbark Eagle, and dated 2018. Inscription on reverse states the medium as acrylic and sand on canvas. Item is unframed.16"H x 12"W. Condition: General wear throughout. Some possible loss of sandy texture and paint in those areas.
Acrylic painting on canvas by artist Oliver, signed and dated 1994, titled The Fantastic 50s. This vibrant pop-style composition features a red and white 1956 Chevrolet Bel Air coupe set against a nostalgic marquee-style arch with stylized lettering. The imagery evokes the optimistic American car culture of the 1950s. Presented in a chrome-finish metal frame with canvas stretched and stapled to a wood support. Signed Oliver '94 lower right. Issued: 1994Dimensions: 28"L x 22"HCountry of Origin: USACondition: Age related wear.
Mark BROOKS (1957-2023, Outsider Artist) Four Works Each acrylic and collage on board, signed and titled verso, 24cm x 30.5cm mounted. In-house postage is available for £25.22 to a UK address. Mark Brooks was born in Luton in 1957 and later moved to Taunton where he spent the rest of his life. Mark struggled with both physical and mental illness during his lifetime and was quite reclusive in his outlook and with his obvious talent at painting, but had many interests with art an integral part in many of them. For some time he had his own business making and selling fishing flies, something that took extreme dexterity and showed his artistic talent. He worked under his own name, Mark A. Brooks, and under two pseudonyms - Markie Kumataro and Bud Basso.
Mark BROOKS (1957-2023, Outsider Artist) Three Works The Revenge of Sisyphus, I Met a Man who Wasn't There and Lewstone Crescent; each acrylic on board, signed with initial K and further signed Markie Kumataro verso, 40cm x 30cm framed. Mark Brooks was born in Luton in 1957 and later moved to Taunton where he spent the rest of his life. Mark struggled with both physical and mental illness during his lifetime and was quite reclusive in his outlook and with his obvious talent at painting, but had many interests with art an integral part in many of them. For some time he had his own business making and selling fishing flies, something that took extreme dexterity and showed his artistic talent. He worked under his own name, Mark A. Brooks, and under two pseudonyms - Markie Kumataro and Bud Basso. In-house postage is available for £25.22 to a UK address.
Mark BROOKS (1957-2023, Outsider Artist) Five Works from his Parametric Autochrome Series Acrylic on canvas, each signed, titled and dated 2010 verso, 24cm x 30cm, three 20cm x 20cm and one 13cm x 18.5cm (4) In-house postage is available for £32.50 to a UK address. Mark Brooks was born in Luton in 1957 and later moved to Taunton where he spent the rest of his life. Mark struggled with both physical and mental illness during his lifetime and was quite reclusive in his outlook and with his obvious talent at painting, but had many interests with art an integral part in many of them. For some time he had his own business making and selling fishing flies, something that took extreme dexterity and showed his artistic talent. He worked under his own name, Mark A. Brooks, and under two pseudonyms - Markie Kumataro and Bud Basso.
Mark BROOKS (1957-2023, Outsider Artist) The House With The Shutters Acrylic on canvas, signed with initial K, further signed under his pseudonym Markie Kumataro, titled and dated Feb. 2008 verso, 40cm x 60cm. In-house postage is available for £25.22 to a UK address. Mark Brooks was born in Luton in 1957 and later moved to Taunton where he spent the rest of his life. Mark struggled with both physical and mental illness during his lifetime and was quite reclusive in his outlook and with his obvious talent at painting, but had many interests with art an integral part in many of them. For some time he had his own business making and selling fishing flies, something that took extreme dexterity and showed his artistic talent. He worked under his own name, Mark A. Brooks, and under two pseudonyms - Markie Kumataro and Bud Basso.
Mark BROOKS (1957-2023, Outsider Artist) Five Works Four works from the 'Vanitas' series, and one titled 'Days of Wine and Roses', each acrylic on board, signed using the pseudonyms Markie Kumataro or Bud Basso, titled verso and dated, each 30.5cm x 40.5cm (5). Mark Brooks was born in Luton in 1957 and later moved to Taunton where he spent the rest of his life. Mark struggled with both physical and mental illness during his lifetime and was quite reclusive in his outlook and with his obvious talent at painting, but had many interests with art an integral part in many of them. For some time he had his own business making and selling fishing flies, something that took extreme dexterity and showed his artistic talent. He worked under his own name, Mark A. Brooks, and under two pseudonyms - Markie Kumataro and Bud Basso. In-house postage is available for £25.22 to a UK address.
Mark BROOKS (1957-2023, Outsider Artist) Five Works Three works from his '1001 Abstractions' series, together with New Horizons, No.1 & No.2, each acrylic on canvas, signed with initial K, titled and signed verso Markie Kumataro, each dated 2009, each 40cm x 50cm. In-house postage is available for £32.50 to a UK address. Mark Brooks was born in Luton in 1957 and later moved to Taunton where he spent the rest of his life. Mark struggled with both physical and mental illness during his lifetime and was quite reclusive in his outlook and with his obvious talent at painting, but had many interests with art an integral part in many of them. For some time he had his own business making and selling fishing flies, something that took extreme dexterity and showed his artistic talent. He worked under his own name, Mark A. Brooks, and under two pseudonyms - Markie Kumataro and Bud Basso.
Gotthard Graubner 1930 Erlbach/Vogtland - 2013 Neuss caput mortum. 1981/1983. Mischtechnik. Acryl auf Leinwand über synthetische Watte gespannt auf Leinwand. Verso signiert, datiert und betitelt sowie bezeichnet '81/83'. 62 x 62 cm (24,4 x 24,4 in). [EH]. • Faszinierend ist Graubners Spiel mit der sanften Schichtung der Farbverläufe und die reduzierte, fein nuancierte Farbigkeit. • Durch das Durchtränken der Leinwand mit stark verdünnter Farbe hat Graubner einen faszinierend sanften, nebelartigen Auftrag der Pigmente erreicht. • Graubners dreidimensionale 'Farbraummalerei' wird zu seinem künstlerischen Alleinstellungsmerkmal. • Arbeiten Gotthard Graubners befinden sich in zahlreichen bedeutenden Sammlungen, u. a. im Städel Museum, Frankfurt a. Main, in der Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland sowie in der Neuen Nationalgalerie, Berlin. PROVENIENZ: Privatsammlung Bayern. Aufrufzeit: 07.06.2025 - ca. 17.21 h +/- 20 Min. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten, Folgerechtsvergütung fällt an.ENGLISH VERSIONGotthard Graubner 1930 Erlbach/Vogtland - 2013 Neuss caput mortum. 1981/1983. Mixed media. Acrylic on canvas over synthetic wadding on canvas. Signed, dated, titled and inscribed '81/83' on the reverse. 62 x 62 cm (24.4 x 24.4 in). . [EH]. • Graubner's play with the gentle layering of color gradients and the reduced, subtly nuanced palette makes for a fascinating appeal. • By saturating the canvas with highly diluted paint, Graubner achieved a remarkably soft, mist-like application of the pigments. • Graubner's three-dimensional “Color Space Painting” became his artistic trademark. • Works by Gotthard Graubner can be found in numerous important collections, including the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main, the Collection of Contemporary Art of the Federal Republic of Germany, and the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin. PROVENANCE: Private collection, Bavaria. Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 17.21 h +/- 20 min. This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist´s resale right compensation is due.
Heinz Mack 1931 Lollar/Hessen - lebt und arbeitet in Mönchengladbach und auf Ibiza Sommertage (Chromatische Konstellation). 2004. Acryl auf Leinwand. Oben mittig signiert und datiert '4'. Verso auf der Leinwand signiert, datiert '4' und betitelt. 135,5 x 85,5 cm (53,3 x 33,6 in). [CH]. • Ausdrucksstarkes Beispiel für Macks facettenreiche Auseinandersetzung mit Rhythmus und Farbe in großzügigem Format. • Heinz Mack gehört neben Otto Piene und Günther Uecker zu den Gründern und Protagonisten der 'ZERO'-Gruppe. • 1964 und 1977 stellt er auf der documenta III und IV aus, 1970 vertritt er die Bundesrepublik Deutschland auf der XXXV. Biennale von Venedig. • Inspiriert durch die Sonnenfarben seines Ateliers auf Ibiza widmet sich der Künstler ab den 1990er Jahren mit großer Intensität und reinen, klaren Farben der Malerei. • Ganz im Sinne der 'ZERO'-Idee versetzt Mack die Farbe mit deutlich sichtbarem Pinselduktus rhythmisch in Vibration, verleiht ihr eine rasterartige Struktur und schlüsselt die Spektralfarben des Lichts in all seinen vielfältigen Nuancen auf. • 2023 widmet das Osthaus Museum, Hagen, seinem malerischen Schaffen eine umfassende Einzelausstellung. PROVENIENZ: Privatsammlung Süddeutschland (2011 direkt vom Künstler erworben). Aufrufzeit: 07.06.2025 - ca. 17.41 h +/- 20 Min. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten, Folgerechtsvergütung fällt an.ENGLISH VERSIONHeinz Mack 1931 Lollar/Hessen - lebt und arbeitet in Mönchengladbach und auf Ibiza Sommertage (Chromatische Konstellation). 2004. Acrylic on canvas. Signed and dated “4” in the upper center. Signed, dated “4” and titled on the reverse of the canvas. 135.5 x 85.5 cm (53.3 x 33.6 in). [CH]. • An expressive example of Mack's multi-faceted exploration of rhythm and color in a spacious format. • Alongside Otto Piene and Günther Uecker, Heinz Mack was one of the founders and protagonists of the “ZERO” group. • In 1964 and 1977, he exhibited at documenta III and IV, and represented the Germany at the 35th Venice Biennale in 1970. • Inspired by the sunny colors of his studio on Ibiza, the artist devoted himself to painting with great intensity and pure, clear colors from the 1990s onwards. • In keeping with the “ZERO” idea, Mack makes the colors vibrate with clearly visible brushstrokes, lending them a grid-like structure and breaking down the spectral colors of light into all their nuances. • In 2023, the Osthaus Museum Hagen dedicated a comprehensive solo exhibition to his artistic oeuvre. PROVENANCE: Private collection, South Germany (acquired from the artist in 2011). Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 17.41 h +/- 20 min. This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist´s resale right compensation is due.
Ulrich Erben 1940 Düsseldorf - lebt und arbeitet in Düsseldorf und Bagnoregio (Italien) Festlegung des Unbegrenzten (VII). 2014. Acryl und Pigment auf Leinwand. Verso auf der umgeschlagenen Leinwand signiert und datiert. Verso auf der Rückpappe vom Künstler signiert, datiert sowie bezeichnet mit den Technikangaben und mit einem Richtungspfeil versehen. 145 x 165 cm (57 x 64,9 in). Mit Atelierleiste gerahmt. [AW]. • Monochrome Komposition von herausragender Raum- und Flächenwirkung. • Erben erarbeitet eine geometrische Abstraktion, die Größen der Farbfeldmalerei wie Mark Rothko und Josef Albers zitiert. • Arbeiten des Künstlers befinden sich heute in zahlreichen öffentlichen Sammlungen, wie dem Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf, und der Pinakothek der Moderne, München. PROVENIENZ: Galerie Hans Strelow, Düsseldorf. Privatsammlung Süddeutschland (vom Vorgenannten erworben). Aufrufzeit: 07.06.2025 - ca. 15.38 h +/- 20 Min. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten, Folgerechtsvergütung fällt an.ENGLISH VERSIONUlrich Erben 1940 Düsseldorf - lebt und arbeitet in Düsseldorf und Bagnoregio (Italien) Festlegung des Unbegrenzten (VII). 2014. Acrylic and pigment on canvas. Signed and dated on the reverse of the folded canvas. Signed, dated, and inscribed with the technique and a direction arrow by the artist on the backing board. 145 x 165 cm (57 x 64.9 in). In the studio frame. [AW]. • Monochrome composition with an outstanding spatial and surface effect. • Erben develops a geometric abstraction that references the color field painting of Mark Rothko and Josef Albers. • The artist's works are in numerous public collections, including the Museum Kunstpalast in Düsseldorf and the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich. PROVENANCE: Galerie Hans Strelow, Dusseldorf. Private collection, South Germany (acquired from aforementioned). Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 15.38 h +/- 20 min. This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist´s resale right compensation is due.
Robert Combas 1957 Lyon - lebt und arbeitet in Paris Les trompettes. 1983. Acryl auf grundiertem Leinen. Rechts unten (seitlich) signiert und datiert '11.2. -> 83'. Etwa 238 x 212 cm (93,7 x 83,4 in). • Robert Combas gehört zu den Begründern der als Gegenentwurf zur Konzeptkunst und Minimal Art sowie im Nachhall der Art brut und von 'CoBrA' entstandenen Kunstbewegung 'Figuration Libre'. • Die Inspiration für seine figurativen, farbstarken, lauten und grotesken Arbeiten findet Combas zudem in der Pop-Art, aber auch in der Popkultur von Graffiti und Street-Art bis hin zur Kunstform des Comics. • Das hier angebotene Gemälde ist im Entstehungsjahr das Hauptwerk der ersten New Yorker Einzelausstellung des Künstlers bei Leo Castelli. • Die Werke aus den 1980er Jahren sind heute die auf dem internationalen Auktionsmarkt gesuchtesten Arbeiten des Künstlers. PROVENIENZ: Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin (verso m. d. Galeriestempel). Privatsammlung Berlin. AUSSTELLUNG: Robert Combas. New Paintings, Leo Castelli, New York, 29.4.-28.5.1983. LITERATUR: Sotheby's, London, 24.10.1996, Los 144 (m. Farbabb.). Aufrufzeit: 07.06.2025 - ca. 16.28 h +/- 20 Min. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten, Folgerechtsvergütung fällt an.ENGLISH VERSIONRobert Combas 1957 Lyon - lebt und arbeitet in Paris Les trompettes. 1983. Acrylic on primed canvas. Signed and dated '11.2. -> 83' on the side in the lower right. Around 238 x 212 cm (93.7 x 83.4 in). • Robert Combas was a co-founder of the “Figuration Libre” movement, which emerged as a reaction to Conceptual and Minimal Art in the wake of Art Brut and CoBrA. • Combas drew inspiration for his figurative, colorful, vibrant, and grotesque works from Pop Art, but also from pop culture, including graffiti, street art, and comics. • The year it was made, the present painting was the centerpiece of the artist's first solo exhibition in New York at Leo Castelli. • Today, his works from the 1980s are the most sought-after pieces by the artist on the international auction market. PROVENANCE: Galerie Michael Haas, Berlin (with the gallery's stamp on the reverse). Private collection, Berlin. EXHIBITION: Robert Combas. New Paintings, Leo Castelli, New York, April 29 - May 28, 1983. LITERATURE: Sotheby's, London, October 24, 1996, lot 144 (illustrated in color). Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 16.28 h +/- 20 min. This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist´s resale right compensation is due.
Horst Antes 1936 Heppenheim - lebt und arbeitet in Sicellino und Wolfartsweier Mauerbild VII (Garten des Malers). 1966. Acryl auf Leinwand. Verso auf der Leinwand signiert, datiert, betitelt sowie bezeichnet 'Aquatec'. 100 x 150 cm (39,3 x 59 in). [AW]. • In Farbintensität, Tonalität und motivischer Komplexität ein herausragendes Werk der 1960er Jahre. • Nach Antes' Entwicklung des 'Kopffüßlers' zu Beginn der 1960er Jahre ist das im Schaffen des Künstlers zentrale Motiv einem stetigen Wandel unterworfen. • Umfangreiche Ausstellungshistorie seit Entstehung. • Seit über 40 Jahren in Familienbesitz. • Arbeiten des Pioniers der neuen figurativen Malerei befinden sich in zahlreichen internationalen Sammlungen, wie u. a. der des Solomon R. Guggenheim Museums, New York, des Kunstmuseums Basel und der Hamburger Kunsthalle. PROVENIENZ: Sammlung Christoph Pudelko, Bonn. Privatsammlung Troisdorf. Privatsammlung Nordrhein-Westphalen (1982 vom Vorgenannten erworben). AUSSTELLUNG: Galerie Schmücking, Braunschweig, September 1966. Horst Antes, Gimpel & Hanover Galerie, Zürich, 10.10.-18.11.1967 (verso auf dem Keilrahmen mit dem Ausstellungsetikett). Horst Antes, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, 23.1.-17.2.1968, Kat.-Nr. 27 (m. SW-Abb., verso auf dem Keilrahmen mit dem Ausstellungsetikett). Reiche des Phantastischen, Städtische Kunsthalle, Recklinghausen, 8.5.-30.6.1968, Kat.-Nr. 3. Horst Antes. Bilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Galerie Pudelko, Bonn, 28.10.-3.11.1972 (m. Farbabb.). Horst Antes. Bilder und Gouachen 1966-1985, Galerie Wilbrand, Köln, 22.2.-25.4.1987 (m. Farbabb. auf der Einladung). Sammlung Großhaus. Horst Antes. Arbeiten von 1959 bis 2002, Stiftung Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen, Schloss Gottdorf, Schleswig, 6.4.-6.7.2003 (m. Farbabb. S. 69). Lieblingsbilder aus der Sammlung Großhaus, Schleswig-Holsteinische Landesmuseen, Schloss Gottdorf, Schleswig, 28.4.2013-12.1.2014 (m. Farbabb. S. 30/31). LITERATUR: Volker Volkens, Horst Antes. Werkverzeichnis der Gemälde 1965 bis 1968, Künzelsau 2017, WVZ-Nr. 1966-23 (m. Farbabb. S. 99). - - Sotheby's, London, 2.12.1982, Los 331 (m. Farbabb.). Horst Antes, Kunstmuseum Hannover mit Sammlung Sprengel, Katalog der Sammlung Hermann, Bremen, Hannover 1983, S. 26. Aufrufzeit: 07.06.2025 - ca. 15.41 h +/- 20 Min. Dieses Objekt wird regel- oder differenzbesteuert angeboten, Folgerechtsvergütung fällt an.ENGLISH VERSIONHorst Antes 1936 Heppenheim - lebt und arbeitet in Sicellino und Wolfartsweier Mauerbild VII (Garten des Malers). 1966. Acrylic on canvas. Signed, dated, titled, and inscribed “Aquatec” on the reverse of the canvas. 100 x 150 cm (39.3 x 59 in). [AW]. • In terms of its intense colors, tonality, and complex motifs, this is a particularly remarkable work from the 1960s. • Following Ante's development of the “Head-Footer” motif in the early 1960s, the central motif in the artist's oeuvre underwent constant change. • Extensive exhibition history since it was created. • In family ownership for over 40 years. • Works by the pioneer of new figurative painting can be found in many international collections, including the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Kunstmuseum Basel, and the Hamburger Kunsthalle. PROVENANCE: Christoph Pudelko Collection, Bonn. Private collection, Troisdorf. Private collection, North Rhine-Westphalia (acquired from the above in 1982). EXHIBITION: Galerie Schmücking, Brunswick, September 1966. Horst Antes, Galerie Gimpel & Hanover, Zurich, October 10–November 18, 1967 (exhibition label on the reverse of the stretcher). Horst Antes, Gimpel Fils Gallery, London, January 23–February 17, 1968, cat. no. 27 (with b/w ill., with the exhibition label on the reverse of the stretcher) Reiche des Phantastischen, Städtische Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, May 8–June 30, 1968, cat. no. 3 Horst Antes. Bilder, Aquarelle, Zeichnungen, Galerie Pudelko, Bonn, October 28–November 3, 1972 (illustrated in color). Horst Antes. Bilder und Gouachen 1966–1985, Galerie Wilbrand, Cologne, February 22–April 25, 1987 (illustrated in color on the invitation). Großhaus Collection. Horst Antes. Arbeiten von 1959 bis 2002, Schleswig-Holstein State Museums, Gottdorf Castle, Schleswig, April 6–July 6, 2003 (illustrated in color on p. 69). Lieblingsbilder aus der Sammlung Großhaus, Schleswig-Holstein State Museums, Gottdorf Castle, Schleswig, April 28, 2013–January 12, 2014 (illustrated in color on pp. 30/31). LITERATURE: Volker Volkens, Horst Antes. Catalogue raisonné of paintings 1965 to 1968, Künzelsau 2017, cat. no. 1966-23 (illustrated in color on p. 99). - - Sotheby's, London, December 2, 1982, lot 331 (illustrated in color). Horst Antes, Kunstmuseum Hanover with Sprengel Collection, catalog of the Hermann Collection, Bremen, Hanover 1983, p. 26. Called up: June 7, 2025 - ca. 15.41 h +/- 20 min. This lot can be purchased subject to differential or regular taxation, artist´s resale right compensation is due.
* MALCOLM BUTTS (SCOTTISH 1943 - 2009), BLACKROCK COTTAGE, GLENCOE watercolour on paper, signedmounted, framed and under glassimage size 13cm x 18cm, overall size 46cm x 51cm Note: Born in Heighington, Lincolnshire and educated there. His first teaching appointment was to the staff of Leicester College of Art. For a number of years he taught at The Glasgow School of Art where one of his principal interests was casting in bronze. Malcolm lived in the West of Scotland, travelled widely and devoted his time fully to painting Scottish landscape. There is a precision and careful attention to detail that characterised his work in acrylic and oil colours. The appeal of his realistic approach resulted in a number of commissions; including a series of distillery scenes for the Board Room of a Highland Distillery company. His naval warfare painting Sheffield Class Destroyer on South Atlantic Patrol is held by Kelvingrove Art Gallery. His paintings have been published in a series of limited edition prints and his original work is in private collections throughout Europe and USA.
* DAVID HOCKNEY OM CH RA (BRITISH b. 1937), OLYMPISCHE SPIELE MÜNCHEN offset lithograph poster of 'The Diver' commissioned for the 1972 Summer Olympic Gamesunframedoverall size 98cm x 62cmNote: David Hockney (b. Bradford, 9 July 1937). British painter, draughtsman, printmaker, photographer, designer, and writer, active mainly in the USA. After a brilliant prize-winning career as a student at the Royal College of Art, Hockney had achieved considerable success by the time he was in his mid-twenties, and he has since consolidated his position as by far the best-known and most critically acclaimed British artist of his generation. His phenomenal success has been based not only on his flair and versatility as an artist, but also on his colourful and engaging personality, which has made him a recognizable figure even to people not particularly interested in art. In 1961 he emerged as one of the leaders of British Pop art at the Young Contemporaries exhibition. Hockney himself disliked the label ‘Pop’, but his work of this time makes many references to popular culture (notably in the use of graffiti-like lettering) and is often jokey in mood. His first retrospective exhibition came as early as 1970, at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (it subsequently toured to Hanover, Rotterdam, and Belgrade). By this time he was painting in a weightier, more traditionally representational manner, in which he did a series of large double-portraits of friends, including the well-known Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy (1970–1, Tate, London). These portraits are notable for their airy feeling of space and light and the subtle flattening and simplification of forms, as well as for the sense of stylish living they capture. Hockney often paints the people and places he knows best (his art is frequently autobiographical) and has memorably celebrated his romance with Los Angeles (he first visited the city in 1963 and settled there in 1978), particularly in his many paintings featuring swimming pools (A Bigger Splash, 1967, Tate, London). In these works he skilfully exploited the qualities of the new acrylic paint. Hockney has also been outstanding as a graphic artist: his work in this field includes etched illustrations to Cavafy's Poems (1967) and Six Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (1969), as well as many individual prints, often on homoerotic themes. In the 1970s he also came to the fore as a stage designer, notably with his set and costume designs for Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress and Mozart's The Magic Flute, produced at Glyndebourne in 1975 and 1978 respectively. The broader style demanded by stage design has been reflected in his subsequent easel paintings. In the 1980s he experimented a good deal with photography, producing, for example, photographic collages, in which numerous prints are made into a composite patchwork image. Subsequently, he has also produced paintings in a similar vein, using canvases arranged in a grid to create a huge overall image: the largest is Bigger Trees Near Warter (2007, Tate), painted in the open air near his Yorkshire studio, which is made up of 50 canvases in a rectangle measuring about 4.5 m (15 ft) by 12 m (40 ft). Hockney is a stimulating commentator on art and has published several books on his own life and work, as well as Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters (2001), in which he controversially argues that the use of optical aids such as the camera lucida and camera obscura has been much more common in European art than previously thought.
* MALCOLM BUTTS (SCOTTISH 1943 - 2009), DUNROBIN CASTLE, SUTHERLAND watercolour on paper, signedmounted, framed and under glassimage size 12.5cm x 17.5cm, overall size 39cm x 44.5cm Note: Born in Heighington, Lincolnshire and educated there. His first teaching appointment was to the staff of Leicester College of Art. For a number of years he taught at The Glasgow School of Art where one of his principal interests was casting in bronze. Malcolm lived in the West of Scotland, travelled widely and devoted his time fully to painting Scottish landscape. There is a precision and careful attention to detail that characterised his work in acrylic and oil colours. The appeal of his realistic approach resulted in a number of commissions; including a series of distillery scenes for the Board Room of a Highland Distillery company. His naval warfare painting Sheffield Class Destroyer on South Atlantic Patrol is held by Kelvingrove Art Gallery. His paintings have been published in a series of limited edition prints and his original work is in private collections throughout Europe and USA.
* BEN DAVIES JENKINS, STUDY FOR A FIGURE oil on board, titled, signed and dated '07 versoframedimage size 40.5cm x 35cm, overall size 47cm x 41.5cm Note: Ben graduated Fine Art MA at the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art. He also holds a PGDE in Art and Design from the University of Edinburgh. The subject of Ben's work is the human figure - often, although not always, isolated. He avoids painting images with a direct narrative content and is interested, rather, in the borderlines that humans occupy between the physical, the cerebral and the spiritual. His work increasingly seeks a direct empathetic response from the viewer. While his paintings are exclusively in oils, Ben's drawings are predominantly executed in charcoal or graphite, often combined with ink or acrylic on board canvas, paper or glass. Alongside his artistic practice, and teaching at Leith School of Art, Ben teaches Art and Design at Dunbar Grammar School, where he has worked since 2008. He has exhibited work extensively across the UK, in both solo and group exhibitions, and regularly works on private commissions.
* MALCOLM BUTTS (SCOTTISH 1943 - 2009), CRATHES CASTLE, BANCHORY watercolour on paper, signedmounted, framed and under glassimage size 13cm x 18cm, overall size 38cm x 43cm Note: Born in Heighington, Lincolnshire and educated there. His first teaching appointment was to the staff of Leicester College of Art. For a number of years he taught at The Glasgow School of Art where one of his principal interests was casting in bronze. Malcolm lived in the West of Scotland, travelled widely and devoted his time fully to painting Scottish landscape. There is a precision and careful attention to detail that characterised his work in acrylic and oil colours. The appeal of his realistic approach resulted in a number of commissions; including a series of distillery scenes for the Board Room of a Highland Distillery company. His naval warfare painting Sheffield Class Destroyer on South Atlantic Patrol is held by Kelvingrove Art Gallery. His paintings have been published in a series of limited edition prints and his original work is in private collections throughout Europe and USA.
* JAMES FRASER RSW (SCOTTISH b. 1958), BRAVEHEART'S BOAT acrylic on board, signed, titled and dated '09 label versoframed and under glass image size 18cm x 22cm, overall size 32cm x 35cm Label verso: The Fotheringham Gallery, Bridge of AllanNote: James Fraser was born in Glasgow in 1958 and after a career in the Civil Service gained a place as a mature student at Edinburgh College of Art in 1999. He was awarded the Heriot Watt University Award for outstanding merit in his first year and received his BA (Hons) in painting from ECA in 2004. ” I tend to favour the still life but not in the traditional sense. My work is a portrayal of objects, figures and nature. Sometimes recognisable, sometimes suggestive, all hopefully arranged in an aesthetic manner". Fraser's work is exhibited widely in galleries throughout Scotland and at The Royal Scottish Academy, The RSW, Paisley Art Institute and The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts. James Fraser is an elected professional member of the RSW, Visual Arts Scotland and a member of The Society of Scottish Artists. He won The Glasgow Art Club Award at the 2012 Visual Arts Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy.
* PAUL MURRAY RSW PAI (SCOTTISH b. 1965), FIREWORKS OVER TUGS acrylic on linen, signed, titled label versoframed image size 60cm x 60cm, overall size 81cm x 81cm Label verso: Wilson Davis Fine Art, Bridge of WeirNote: I graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1984 and have been painting, teaching and travelling ever since. In both my landscape and still life paintings I try to demonstrate a delicate compositional balance of physical shape and negative space. I attempt to create compositions that develop through layers of brushwork, drawing and collage, as they move between abstract and representational marks. Pattern and collage are very important elements, as I try to incorporate textures and mark making as prominent features. I have continued to be inspired by the shapes and textures within landscape and still life compositions but only as a starting point. I look for shapes both within the object but also in the negative space and allow the drawn mark or brush stroke to dictate what happens next. Paul Murray exhibits his work all over the country from London, Glasgow, Edinburgh, the Cotswolds, Bath and Cornwall, as well as locally at Crow Cottage Arts in Gourock.
* BEN DAVIES JENKINS, INTO THE LIGHT NO I oil on board, titled, signed and dated '07 versoframedimage size 38cm x 38cm, overall size 44cm x 44cm Note: Ben graduated Fine Art MA at the University of Edinburgh and Edinburgh College of Art. He also holds a PGDE in Art and Design from the University of Edinburgh. The subject of Ben's work is the human figure - often, although not always, isolated. He avoids painting images with a direct narrative content and is interested, rather, in the borderlines that humans occupy between the physical, the cerebral and the spiritual. His work increasingly seeks a direct empathetic response from the viewer. While his paintings are exclusively in oils, Ben's drawings are predominantly executed in charcoal or graphite, often combined with ink or acrylic on board canvas, paper or glass. Alongside his artistic practice, and teaching at Leith School of Art, Ben teaches Art and Design at Dunbar Grammar School, where he has worked since 2008. He has exhibited work extensively across the UK, in both solo and group exhibitions, and regularly works on private commissions.
* JAMES FRASER RSW (SCOTTISH b. 1958), THE HUDDLE acrylic on board, signed, titled label versomounted, framed and under glass image size 16cm x 20cm, overall size 35cm x 39cm Artist's label versoNote: James Fraser was born in Glasgow in 1958 and after a career in the Civil Service gained a place as a mature student at Edinburgh College of Art in 1999. He was awarded the Heriot Watt University Award for outstanding merit in his first year and received his BA (Hons) in painting from ECA in 2004. ” I tend to favour the still life but not in the traditional sense. My work is a portrayal of objects, figures and nature. Sometimes recognisable, sometimes suggestive, all hopefully arranged in an aesthetic manner". Fraser's work is exhibited widely in galleries throughout Scotland and at The Royal Scottish Academy, The RSW, Paisley Art Institute and The Royal Glasgow Institute of Fine Arts. James Fraser is an elected professional member of the RSW, Visual Arts Scotland and a member of The Society of Scottish Artists. He won The Glasgow Art Club Award at the 2012 Visual Arts Exhibition at the Royal Scottish Academy.
* MALCOLM BUTTS (BRITISH 1943 - 2009), EDINBURGH CASTLE watercolour on paper, signedmounted, framed and under glassimage size 13cm x 26cm, overall size 39cm x 52cm Note: Born in Heighington, Lincolnshire and educated there. His first teaching appointment was to the staff of Leicester College of Art. For a number of years he taught at The Glasgow School of Art where one of his principal interests was casting in bronze. Malcolm lived in the West of Scotland, travelled widely and devoted his time fully to painting Scottish landscape. There is a precision and careful attention to detail that characterised his work in acrylic and oil colours. The appeal of his realistic approach resulted in a number of commissions; including a series of distillery scenes for the Board Room of a Highland Distillery company. His naval warfare painting Sheffield Class Destroyer on South Atlantic Patrol is held by Kelvingrove Art Gallery. His paintings have been published in a series of limited edition prints and his original work is in private collections throughout Europe and USA.
* JOSEPH O'REILLY (BRITISH b. 1957), PROTEAS acrylic on board, signed, titled and dated 2006 label versoframed and under glass image size 30cm x 26cm, overall size 48cm x 44cm Handwritten label versoLabel verso: Portal Painters, LondonNote: Joseph O’ Reilly was born in Huddersfield where he studied at the Batley School of Art & Design (1976 –77), going on to Sheffield Polytechnic of Art and Design (1977- 80) and graduating with a first class honours degree in Fine Art. Joseph’s work has featured in many group and solo shows in his native north of England – Sheffield, Huddersfield and Manchester, but also in London at the Piccadilly Gallery. Working in oils and acrylics O’Reilly has specialised in exquisite still life painting for 25 years. He is fascinated by what is beyond the outward appearance of the objects in a still life, where there is often a deeper significance – a symbolism of inference that may be of a philosophical, intellectual religious or purely personal nature. O’ Reilly has a wonderful feeling for light and the play of light and shadows to create a particular mood. Joseph is interested in contrasts of subject matter and textures, he says:‘ I might, for example make a painting of a leather jacket and some flowers. The jacket takes on the shape of my body after a time, while the flowers are delicate and ephemeral.’ The play of light and shadows is another important element in respect of modelling and defining forms. In some recent paintings Joseph has explored the way light falls across white drapery as a backdrop or in conjunction with the objects creating exciting sculptural effects. Awards & Prizes include: JJ Lloyd Fine Art Prize and Yorkshire Arts Award ( 1981); Artist in Industry Fellowship ( 1985); Manchester Academy People’s Prize ( 1991 & 1992); Hunting Art Prize – Most Popular Work (1996 & 1998); Edward Oldham Award – Manchester Academy of Fine Art (1997) Collections include: Boston University, Sheffield Art Gallery, Calderdale Museum & Art Gallery, Kirklees Museum and Art Gallery. Private Collections: The Duke of Devonshire, other collections in Britain, Holland, USA & Australia. Joseph O’ Reilly exhibits with Portal Painters at The London Art Fair in January, The Affordable Art Fair in Battersea in March and at The British Art Fair at The Saatchi Gallery in September. The typical gallery price for a painting of this size be Joseph O'Reilly is around £3000. His work is extremely rare at auction, anywhere.
* MALCOLM BUTTS (SCOTTISH 1943 - 2009), LOCHRANZA CASTLE, ISLE OF ARRAN watercolour on paper, signedmounted, framed and under glassimage size 12.5cm x 17.5cm, overall size 38cm x 43cm Note: Born in Heighington, Lincolnshire and educated there. His first teaching appointment was to the staff of Leicester College of Art. For a number of years he taught at The Glasgow School of Art where one of his principal interests was casting in bronze. Malcolm lived in the West of Scotland, travelled widely and devoted his time fully to painting Scottish landscape. There is a precision and careful attention to detail that characterised his work in acrylic and oil colours. The appeal of his realistic approach resulted in a number of commissions; including a series of distillery scenes for the Board Room of a Highland Distillery company. His naval warfare painting Sheffield Class Destroyer on South Atlantic Patrol is held by Kelvingrove Art Gallery. His paintings have been published in a series of limited edition prints and his original work is in private collections throughout Europe and USA.
* DAVID HOCKNEY OM CH RA (BRITISH b. 1937), HE ENQUIRED AFTER THE QUALITY etching on paper, from the "Illustrations for Fourteen Poems from C P Cavafy',mounted, framed and under glassimage size 35cm x 22cm, overall size 55cm x 41cm Note: David Hockney (b. Bradford, 9 July 1937). British painter, draughtsman, printmaker, photographer, designer, and writer, active mainly in the USA. After a brilliant prize-winning career as a student at the Royal College of Art, Hockney had achieved considerable success by the time he was in his mid-twenties, and he has since consolidated his position as by far the best-known and most critically acclaimed British artist of his generation. His phenomenal success has been based not only on his flair and versatility as an artist, but also on his colourful and engaging personality, which has made him a recognizable figure even to people not particularly interested in art. In 1961 he emerged as one of the leaders of British Pop art at the Young Contemporaries exhibition. Hockney himself disliked the label ‘Pop’, but his work of this time makes many references to popular culture (notably in the use of graffiti-like lettering) and is often jokey in mood. His first retrospective exhibition came as early as 1970, at the Whitechapel Art Gallery, London (it subsequently toured to Hanover, Rotterdam, and Belgrade). By this time he was painting in a weightier, more traditionally representational manner, in which he did a series of large double-portraits of friends, including the well-known Mr and Mrs Clark and Percy (1970–1, Tate, London). These portraits are notable for their airy feeling of space and light and the subtle flattening and simplification of forms, as well as for the sense of stylish living they capture. Hockney often paints the people and places he knows best (his art is frequently autobiographical) and has memorably celebrated his romance with Los Angeles (he first visited the city in 1963 and settled there in 1978), particularly in his many paintings featuring swimming pools (A Bigger Splash, 1967, Tate, London). In these works he skilfully exploited the qualities of the new acrylic paint. Hockney has also been outstanding as a graphic artist: his work in this field includes etched illustrations to Cavafy's Poems (1967) and Six Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm (1969), as well as many individual prints, often on homoerotic themes. In the 1970s he also came to the fore as a stage designer, notably with his set and costume designs for Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress and Mozart's The Magic Flute, produced at Glyndebourne in 1975 and 1978 respectively. The broader style demanded by stage design has been reflected in his subsequent easel paintings. In the 1980s he experimented a good deal with photography, producing, for example, photographic collages, in which numerous prints are made into a composite patchwork image. Subsequently, he has also produced paintings in a similar vein, using canvases arranged in a grid to create a huge overall image: the largest is Bigger Trees Near Warter (2007, Tate), painted in the open air near his Yorkshire studio, which is made up of 50 canvases in a rectangle measuring about 4.5 m (15 ft) by 12 m (40 ft). Hockney is a stimulating commentator on art and has published several books on his own life and work, as well as Secret Knowledge: Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters (2001), in which he controversially argues that the use of optical aids such as the camera lucida and camera obscura has been much more common in European art than previously thought.
* MALCOLM BUTTS (SCOTTISH 1943 - 2009), DUNVEGAN CASTLE, ISLE OF SKYE watercolour on paper, signedmounted, framed and under glassimage size 13cm x 17.5cm, overall size 38cm x 43cm Note: Born in Heighington, Lincolnshire and educated there. His first teaching appointment was to the staff of Leicester College of Art. For a number of years he taught at The Glasgow School of Art where one of his principal interests was casting in bronze. Malcolm lived in the West of Scotland, travelled widely and devoted his time fully to painting Scottish landscape. There is a precision and careful attention to detail that characterised his work in acrylic and oil colours. The appeal of his realistic approach resulted in a number of commissions; including a series of distillery scenes for the Board Room of a Highland Distillery company. His naval warfare painting Sheffield Class Destroyer on South Atlantic Patrol is held by Kelvingrove Art Gallery. His paintings have been published in a series of limited edition prints and his original work is in private collections throughout Europe and USA.
* CAROLINE LEBURN, MEDITERRANEAN VILLAGE oil on board, signedframed and under glassimage size 29cm x 24cm, overall size 42cm x 38cm Note: Caroline was born in London in 1952 and due to European family connections, spent much of her childhood in France & Belgium. She studied at High Wycombe College of Art and Design, where she specialised in painting, sculpture & pottery. She has been living and working in Scotland since 1974 with frequent trips back to the Provence of her childhood. In the tradition of the Scottish Colourists, the quality of light and the vibrant colours of the Mediterranean are found in all her work, be it still life or landscape, Scottish or Mediterranean. There is a resulting peace and serenity to her work. She has exhibited at galleries in London, Munich, Scotland, and was voted “Public Favourite” at the Edinburgh Festival. She also has collections in the UK, France, Portugal, the USA & Mcgrigor Donald in Glasgow. Recent acrylic paintings by Caroline Leburn we have offered include "Pres De La Mer" a 36 x 36cm picture which sold for £440 (hammer) - lot 719, 3rd March 2019 and "Haute Provence" a 40 x 50cm picture which sold for £650 (hammer) - lot 511, 28th Feb 2021.
* DAMIEN HIRST (BRITISH b. 1965), ROCKET unique acrylic on card, signed, stamped and embossed versomounted, framed and under glassimage size 75cm x 68cm, overall size 91cm x 83cm Note: This large spin painting was created at Damien Hirst's retrospective "Requiem" Exhibition at The Pinchuk Art Centre, Kiev in April 2009.
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